The Dissolution of the MonasteriesThe first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty yearsexploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England This is a book about people, though, not ideas, and as a detailed account of an extraordinary human drama with a cast of thousands, it is an exceptional piece of historical writing.Lucy Wooding, Times Literary Supplement Shortly before Easter, 1540 saw the end of almost a millennium of monastic life in England. Until then